Nora Mzavanadze

Economist & environmental scientist | Lithuanian | Formerly researcher @ceuhungary & @GeographyUOM on @COMBI_project, consultant @UNEnvironment | Views my own

[Peter Dynes @PGDynes]

There’s drought - and then there’s a super drought! 60% of the Spanish countryside is bone dry. Groundwater eventually runs out - then what..Wheat and barley crops are likely to fail entirely in four regions- & summer yet to come.

[Nora Mzavanadze @mzavanadze]

To quote this article: “ Another academic in a similar situation told me that she never put the heating on and shopped as frugally as possible; even so, she still only had about £7 a day to live on, once rent had been taken care of.”

[Nora Mzavanadze @mzavanadze]

The irony is that three decades ago #OxfordUniversity researcher Brenda Boardman coined the term #energypoverty and @TheEconomist writes that the very same #OxfordUniversity (and others) is perpetrating this phenomenon among its many temporary employees. Full intellectual cycle!

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Insecure contracts and low pay mean academia has become “a lifestyle choice, not a career”. Good luck trying to become a professor at one of the most prestigious universities in the world if you don’t have family money https://t.co/QKQ1alQq4J

[Samuel Ramani @SamRamani2]

This map of Ukraine in the dark is spreading on Russian Telegram

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

This is the future I want.

[Nora Mzavanadze @mzavanadze]

@harrimus @hannon_matthew Thanks a million for all your promotion 😁. This feels like ages ago.

[Nora Mzavanadze @mzavanadze]

Proceeds from hard copy sales will go to the non-profit The Integrated Assessment Society (TIAS): https://t.co/ONXZRYp3yR (/2)

[Nora Mzavanadze @mzavanadze]

As intended from the beginning, the book is under #openaccess without any paywalls so that our stakeholders - environmental assessment practitioners, government representatives and many others could benefit. It can be downloaded from @CEUPress https://t.co/wsbpohT4P0 (1/)

[Nora Mzavanadze @mzavanadze]

Launch of our book at #Stockholm50 on how the governments have been informed about the state of the global #environment in the past 30 years. Supported by @nlenvironagency, @ceu and The Integrated Assessment Society, hosted by @MarieJurisoo and @ALazurko Photo©R.Mnatsakanian.

[Nora Mzavanadze @mzavanadze]

Heading to the #StockholmEnvironmentInstitute today to launch our book on how the world’s governments have been informed about the state of the global #environment in the last 30 years. #Stockholm50 https://t.co/WZqYKJtCZr

[Kristi Raik @KristiRaik]

Beneath western unity on Russia and Ukraine, there’s a persistent divide between countries with a recent memory of Russian aggression and countries with no such experience. It was perhaps less visible in past weeks but is becoming more exposed again. Some related thoughts 🧵

[G-STIC @GSTICseries]

Free online registration for the G-STIC Conference ends soon! Online tickets are free until 17 September, or for the first 1,000 participants. Don’t miss out and register today for one of the largest conferences on #sustainable #technologies & #innovations for the #SDGs. 👇

[Evelina Trutnevyte @etrutnevyte]

It should not come as a surprise https://t.co/U2GC67tn9x

[Nora Mzavanadze @mzavanadze]

@DocSteveHall I live in Barcelona area and I have a subscription to the Little Readers’ Book Box: https://t.co/MAfIEzHjkB. All of the books they send are great in message and some are great in illustration too, esp. of David Litchefield.

[Nora Mzavanadze @mzavanadze]

@DocSteveHall @harrimus Wrong link. Look at the full report, not the summary for outreach: https://t.co/E5NjgyOuts

[Nora Mzavanadze @mzavanadze]

@DocSteveHall My go to reference in the European context is this WHO report. It has a review of all housing related health conditions and estimation methods of the scale of the problem. A bit old, but still a very relevant survey of literature. https://t.co/IXjYUN97ZK Thanks @harrimus!

[Nora Mzavanadze @mzavanadze]

So a lot of reasons to celebrate an intense, unusual and productive year of 2020!

[Nora Mzavanadze @mzavanadze]

The year of 2020 was the year of the #GlobalEnvironmentOutlook (GEO) for me and two projects came to fruition last week - the History of GEO and the Future of GEO. HOG and FOG.

[Nora Mzavanadze @mzavanadze]

Hopefully our book on the History of GEO (HOG) https://t.co/wsbpohT4P0 and our background paper on the Future of GEO https://t.co/MSEVG0YsWO will help to inform the #UNEA5 decision on the function, format, process design and financing of the future GEOs in 2022.